Patrice Evra, Getty Images October 29, 2025, 08:00

A few days ago, Turin Juventus announced the dismissal of head coach Igor Tudor amid the defeat against Rome’s Lazio, which became part of the team’s unsuccessful series of performances.

In the context of this event, the French former defender of “Stara Signora” Patrice Evra decided to address the football players of the club.

“I just want to return to the topic of Tudor’s dismissal. Thanks to the coach for everything.

But this is a message for the players. When a coach is fired, it means you didn’t do your job on the field. This has only happened to me once in my entire career when I played for Manchester United and they sacked David Moyes.

I felt terrible and I hope the players feel the same at Juventus now, because they’ve had three or four coaches in a couple of years. You are at Juventus, you have to take responsibility. The problem is that it doesn’t work with the new generation because it’s too soft.

That’s why all the commentators and pundits, ex-players are wasting their time talking to them. Juventus has completely changed, we have lost our true values. I remember my first match with Andrea Agnelli, I was happy to see the whole story: we had Pavel Nedved, Platini and others.

They removed the coach, so now you have no excuses. If you don’t want to stay at Juventus, then do something. You are too soft,” reads the message on the social networks of the ex-football player.

During his time with Juventus, Evra made 82 appearances, scoring three goals and providing seven assists between 2014 and 2017.

We will remind that the Turin team also decided on a replacement for Tudor.